The Three Pillars

There are three tasks in Language Learning (and one other optional task for beginners) that will take you further than any of the traditional methods you may have learned in school. The reason so many people fail to learn a language is because they tend to get bogged down in the menial tasks they were taught in school. They don't know there is an easier, and much more effective way to learn. In this path to fluency, I will outline these three tasks and describe exactly what to do in order to FINALLY learn that language.

The three pillars of language learning are:

1. Conversation practice (Talk to people)

2. Comprehensible input (Read and watch)

3. Focused vocabulary acquisition (Strategic flashcards)

In the following pages I'll go into MUCH more detail about what each of those means. The analogy I like to use is that Language Learning is like a building. The three tasks above are the pillars that support the full weight of the building, and if you remove one of the pillars, the structure will crumble. That doesn't mean that you can never engage in any other language related activity. Some people enjoy reading through a text book, or leveling up in an app, and that's okay. But you should view these activity as decorations around the building. They do not contribute to its structural integrity, and you should never allow them to distract from the three main tasks of Language Learning.